So basically this is just some bs thing to get me to pay for stuff I'd already be getting for free ― **** off AppleVox does not have a subscription offering at the current time, but Vox CEO Jim Bankoff recently said that paid subscriptions would be added to the Vox site later this year.
Woohoo! I'm in. They have such in depth and analytical coverage. A great example of the way media should be.
One interesting thing is that it could potentially help the state of media today. Rather than relying on clickbait maybe they could focus on making something so good people are willing to pay for it.I seriously don't understand why anyone would want a subscription news service. Such a waste of money.
That's being demeaning to trash.Vox is trash.
I seriously don't understand why anyone would want a subscription news service. Such a waste of money.
yet not informed on adblockers or adblocker-blockers or that paywalled articles can be found elsewhere with a simple google search because so much of the media just regurgitates itself if not outright clones it verbatim.Because I like reading and anything decent has a paywall after three articles. Wall Street Journal doesn’t even let you read most of their stuff at all. It’s the price of three Starbucks drinks per month. Didn’t know staying informed was a waste of money...
Because I like reading and anything decent has a paywall after three articles. Wall Street Journal doesn’t even let you read most of their stuff at all. It’s the price of three Starbucks drinks per month. Didn’t know staying informed was a waste of money...
I wonder if Apple would allow an equally conservative "news source" to balance things out with Vox's bias./s Somehow I doubt it.
Exactly what we don't need.... yet another silly-valley "curated"(biased) news service with the same political bias as every other silly-valley platform (Google, FaceBook, Twitter, etc) IMHO
But i'm sure the market can decide whether or not it is worth it.
Woohoo! I'm in. They have such in depth and analytical coverage. A great example of the way media should be.
Ugh, I just personally hate reading through cesspools of nonsense, but I guess that's just me.Because I like reading and anything decent has a paywall after three articles. Wall Street Journal doesn’t even let you read most of their stuff at all. It’s the price of three Starbucks drinks per month. Didn’t know staying informed was a waste of money...
Yes, right up there with lattes and video games. I don't buy either.Yeah... right up there with lattes and video games?
Those are good, and I also like Time. IDK if I'd pay for them, but I know I wouldn't pay for second-rate ones like Vox.There are only two publications I would pay Apple a monthly sub for: FT and the Economist. Everything else doesn’t seem to be worth it.
Vox is "explainer" journalism. It's not "just facts." The people who like Vox like it because it confirms their personal narrative and beliefs.But see that's why I picked WSJ as the other dude in my example. A fact is a fact... doesn't have to be a financially significant one. And the WSJ has its lighter moments. I miss the old WSJ with the long reads on the front page, but I appreciate its foreign coverage and the book reviews are different to the ones offered by the more left-leaning papers of record like WaPo or NYT, so it's nice to have the mix. Vox is my choice over some news aggregation site like Yahoo for politlical coverage and some pop culture tracking.
Ugh, I just personally hate reading through cesspools of nonsense, but I guess that's just me.
yet not informed on adblockers or adblocker-blockers or that paywalled articles can be found elsewhere with a simple google search because so much of the media just regurgitates itself if not outright clones it verbatim.
i'd take the coffee and stay informed
I want it even less
when was Vox ever a news site?
Because I like reading and anything decent has a paywall after three articles. Wall Street Journal doesn’t even let you read most of their stuff at all. It’s the price of three Starbucks drinks per month. Didn’t know staying informed was a waste of money...
Vox is "explainer" journalism. It's not "just facts." The people who like Vox like it because it confirms their personal narrative and beliefs.
When bloggers start "explaining" or lecturing, they cease being journalists and start shifting over to being columnists and opinion writers.
Personally, narrative building is not my bag, whether from the left or the right. I'll figure it out on my own.
Sometimes I want an explanation because things are too complicated. I can get multiple explanations from sources with different opinions. You can't honestly say, unless you're a lawyer, that you understand all the literature in the larger US laws being passed, nor does anyone have comprehensive knowledge of the Syria civil war.Vox is "explainer" journalism. It's not "just facts." The people who like Vox like it because it confirms their personal narrative and beliefs.
When bloggers start "explaining" or lecturing, they cease being journalists and start shifting over to being columnists and opinion writers.
Personally, narrative building is not my bag, whether from the left or the right. I'll figure it out on my own.